Evacuation drill held on Surat Thani island
- Published: 12/06/2010
- Bangkok Post
A fortune teller predicted another massive tsunami in the South, and local officials gave him credibility by staging an evacuation drill.
Reports that the alignment of the planets might cause a tsunami in Andaman coastal provinces have led to emergency evacuation drills being conducted on an island in Surat Thani.
About 150 people, including children, take part in an evacuation drill on Rad Island in Surat Thani. The drill was conducted yesterday amid speculation that the alignment of the planets could trigger a tsunami in the Andaman coastal provinces today. SUPAPONG CHAOLAN
The drill yesterday on Rad Island in Don Sak district, located 1km from the mainland, was organised by the National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC), the Information and Communication Technology Ministry and local authorities.
Residents received training in communications and rescue and relief efforts in the event of a tsunami.
During the exercise, 150 residents took cover in the municipal office.
The drill also included practice search and rescue operations for passengers of capsized vessels using a helicopter and a police patrol boat.
Earlier, Kongpop U-yen, a Thai engineer who works at the US National Aeronatics and Space Administration (Nasa), said the alignment of the planets today could cause natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
NDWC chief Smith Dharmasarojana agreed with the forecast, saying it was backed by scientific data.
The forecast, however, met with criticism from the scientific community as authorities did not clarify the prediction.
Mr Smith recently said during a TV interview that a solar eclipse was due to occur on June 12 as a result of the alignment of the Earth, the moon and the sun.
He said the alignment would release considerable cumulative energy, which could affect the Earth. Mr Smith, quoting Mr Kongpop, said the phenomenon would have a direct impact on the Earth in the forms of climate disruption, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
As to which part of the world would be affected by the disasters, Mr Kongpop said that depended on the time the sun unleashed its energy.
It was hard to exactly locate the target area as the Earth revolved around the sun, he said.
Mr Smith said that Southeast Asia could be the first region to be affected if the planetary alignment, due to occur at 6.30pm local time, triggers natural disasters.
A 7.0-8.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale could occur, possibly causing a tsunami.
"The warning is something to consider, not to be panicked about. We cannot rely 100% on any theory," Mr Smith said. But he said he believed the predicted disaster might happen.
Residents received training in communications and rescue and relief efforts in the event of a tsunami.
During the exercise, 150 residents took cover in the municipal office.
The drill also included practice search and rescue operations for passengers of capsized vessels using a helicopter and a police patrol boat.
Earlier, Kongpop U-yen, a Thai engineer who works at the US National Aeronatics and Space Administration (Nasa), said the alignment of the planets today could cause natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
NDWC chief Smith Dharmasarojana agreed with the forecast, saying it was backed by scientific data.
The forecast, however, met with criticism from the scientific community as authorities did not clarify the prediction.
Mr Smith recently said during a TV interview that a solar eclipse was due to occur on June 12 as a result of the alignment of the Earth, the moon and the sun.
He said the alignment would release considerable cumulative energy, which could affect the Earth. Mr Smith, quoting Mr Kongpop, said the phenomenon would have a direct impact on the Earth in the forms of climate disruption, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
As to which part of the world would be affected by the disasters, Mr Kongpop said that depended on the time the sun unleashed its energy.
It was hard to exactly locate the target area as the Earth revolved around the sun, he said.
Mr Smith said that Southeast Asia could be the first region to be affected if the planetary alignment, due to occur at 6.30pm local time, triggers natural disasters.
A 7.0-8.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale could occur, possibly causing a tsunami.
"The warning is something to consider, not to be panicked about. We cannot rely 100% on any theory," Mr Smith said. But he said he believed the predicted disaster might happen.
7 comments:
It's not you guy's business to worry about. Go back to your farm and work hard to make a living. Okey?
7:09AM, when dead Thai bodies floating in the water like a dead fishes, don't cry out to the world for help, Okey? because it's not anyone business to worry about, Okey?
wtf is wrong wit thai people.they view khmer site and they said not our business? damn i thougt only thai king is a faggot
OK, may be this scriptural passage will help add credibility to the fortune teller tale.
Revelation 8
1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
The Bible is not a fairy tale!
The book of Revelation is a prophetic book to be unfold in the last generation when these events will be unfold as they are written.
By all probability I think the Judgment has already begun in the Spring of 2008. I don't know what third part of the earth will be affected as these judgments are being release by the angels of God.
Scientists are confirming that there are asteroids about to hit the earth. Shield that will be undertake trying to deflect this asteroid will be met with doom.
This is good News for the believers but Bad News for the unbelievers. The Scriptures supersede any fortune teller.
The Khmer dickhead loves to got things from their fortune tellers. I have no wonder Cambodia is become a small piece of shit right now. It is now hard to look for Cambodian map, because it got fucked off in the ass by the Viets and in the mouth from the Thais. Khmer are dogs
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